[PW] Re: Dutch word translation

[Ellen Cousins]

Could you be looking for nevenstaande?

Ellen C.

pgarcia at mwfls.org wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I was wondering if anyone could translate this word into English:
> 
> nevenstrande
> 
> The patron said that she thought it could be Dutch but also that it 
> could be Friesian (sp?) (Frieseland, I believe, is an area in The 
> Netherlands; apparently they speak a different dialect of Dutch).
> 
> I searched in our Dutch-English Dictionary, but found nothing.  I 
> searched online, putting this word into Dutch-English dictionaries.  
> I even tried to split it up, neven and strande did not come up.  I 
> tried German just in case I could come up with a similar word.  
> Nothing came up for neven or nevenstrande, but when I put in strande 
> it found strand which means beach or shore.
> 
> Any help is greatly appreciated.
> 
> Pam
> 
> 
> Pamelyn Garcia
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